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elegiac

ele·giac

UK/ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/ US/ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

  • “an elegiac poem on a friend”
2.

expressing sorrow often for something past

  • “an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
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Origin

From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Phrases

  • elegiac couplet
  • elegiac pentameter

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